CVE-2012-1723
Published 2012-06-16 · Updated 2026-08-06 · Source secalert_us@oracle.com
Summary
CVE-2012-1723 is a critical-severity (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in Oracle Java SE. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on March 3, 2022, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by March 24, 2022. CISA also lists it as known to be used in ransomware campaigns, so it should be prioritised accordingly. Oracle has 46 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 13 of them linked to ransomware.
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Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 update 4 and earlier, 6 update 32 and earlier, 5 update 35 and earlier, and 1.4.2_37 and earlier allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Hotspot.
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability
Product: Oracle — Java SE
Name: Oracle Java SE Runtime Environment (JRE) Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
Date added: 2022-03-03 · Due: 2022-03-24
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
References
- http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2012-June/019076.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134496371727681&w=2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0734.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51080
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21615246
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:095
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpujun2012-1515912.html

